George Curry

George Curry (3 April 1861-24 November 1947) was Governor of the New Mexico Territory (R) from 1907 to 1 March 1910, succeeding Herbert James Hagerman and preceding William J. Mills, and as a member of the US House of Representatives (R-NM) from 8 January 1912 to 3 March 1913.

Biography
George Curry was born in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana in 1861, and he moved to the New Mexico Territory in 1879 and worked on a cattle ranch until 1881. He later acted as a post trader and worked for a mercantile and stock company, and he served as deputy treasurer of Lincoln County, New Mexico in 1886 and 1887, county clerk in 1888, county assessor in 1890, and sheriff in 1892. During the Spanish-American War, he served in Theodore Roosevelt's "Rough Riders", and he served as Governor of Camarines Sur from 1901 to 1902, of Isabela from 1903 to 1905, and of Samar from 1905 to 1907. That year, he was elected Governor of the New Mexico Territory, and he also served in the US House of Representatives from 1912 to 1913. He remained involved in local politics until his death in 1947.